International Infection Control Resources

Key points

  • The resources on this page were created by CDC and global partners to improve infection prevention and control activities and combat antimicrobial resistance.
  • These resources are intended for global healthcare settings.

Overview

Keep in mind

All resources on this page are intended for use in global healthcare settings.

If you have questions about the resources listed here or if you would like access to tools referenced in the guidance or trainings, please email CDC's International Infection Control Branch at iicb@cdc.gov.

Infection prevention and control

Environmental Cleaning in Global Healthcare Settings
Learn best practices for cleaning in global healthcare settings.
Neonatal Bloodstream Infection Prevention Assessment
A tool to inform prevention of neonatal bloodstream infections in global healthcare settings.

Antimicrobial resistance

Laboratory Assessment of Antibiotic Resistance Testing Capacity
LAARC laboratory assessment tool helps improve AR detection and reporting.
Webinar: The Race Against Antimicrobial Resistance in Neonates

Global Action in Healthcare Network

Using GAIHN-AR resources

Select a topic of interest below to view related resources, which include guidance, tools and webinars in multiple languages.

Core principles

GAIHN-AR: Core Principles
Framework to implement prevention, detection, communication and response strategies to combat AR

Combating and responding to AR

GAIHN-AR: Containment Activities
Resources to contain organisms carrying novel/rarely identified carbapenemases in global health care
GAIHN-AR: Infection Prevention and Control
Resources for infection prevention and control to reduce spread of AR in global healthcare settings
GAIHN-AR: Colonization Screening for Prevention
Resources for colonization screening to reduce and monitor AR spread in global healthcare settings

AR detection and testing

GAIHN-AR: Clinical Culture of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales
Resources for laboratories in global healthcare settings that test clinical culture isolates
GAIHN-AR: Colonization Screening for Carbapenem-resistant Organisms
Resources for labs in global healthcare settings doing screening for carbapenem-resistant organisms

Global antibiotic stewardship

Core Elements of Human Antibiotic Stewardship Programs in Resource-Limited Settings
A framework for implementing antibiotic stewardship in resource-limited settings.
Global Antibiotic Stewardship Evaluation Tool (G-ASET) for Inpatient Healthcare Facilities
A tool for evaluating antibiotic stewardship in global healthcare facilities in English and Spanish

Global outbreak response

Marburg virus disease

Training: Infection Prevention and Control for Marburg Virus Disease in Non-U.S. Healthcare Settings
Infection prevention & control training for healthcare workers & facility managers in non-U.S. setti...

Monkeypox

Monkeypox Infection Control
Monkeypox infection control in healthcare settings, households, and when handling human remains.

COVID-19

Healthcare Provider and Facility Operational Considerations for COVID-19
Webinar Series: Practical IPC Considerations in the Fight Against COVID-19
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National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)